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I managed to con my boss into letting me run up to the HUB and see the broadcast of Steve Jobs' keynote speech at MacWorld in San Francisco.

Two and a half hours later, I have reaffirmed my compusexuality and am now deeply in lust with the new Powerbook. 17" screen. On a laptop. Anodized aircraft aluminum case. An ambient light sensor that makes the keys on the keyboard glow when its dark enough. And that's not even getting to the innards.

Edit: it's just been slashdotted. Hee!

Working on the MLIS App

The answers I'm not giving on my application. (This is better than the Friday Five!)
1. Describe what you want to accomplish or achieve in your professional career.
More vacation time. I've contemplated moving to France, as their workers get 6 weeks of vacation time a year. Six weeks! Except that who really wants to live in the land of pretentious poncy foreign gits? This year I get 13 days of vacation - only two and a half weeks, and next year I'll work my way up to 14 days. It's better than nothing, but still. woo. I saw a job posting for a Librarian at the UW last week. Starting, you get 24 days of vacation a year. Almost 5 weeks! Damn skippy I wanna be a librarian.

2. What is the single greatest challenge or opportunity facing the information professions today?
Morons. Morons are always a challenge to work with. They mistake the mouse for a foot pedal, the cd tray for a cup holder and the Internet for the font of knowledge. Fortunately, the overwhelming preponderance of morons makes the field of guru-dom ripe for intelligent, young go-getters like me.

3. What one course in our curriculum do you think you would learn the most from?
The one with the comfy chairs. Not too comfy, or I'll go to sleep, but comfortable enough that I'm not wiggling around on it like a three year old who needs to use the can.

4. Imagine you are one of two candidates for the last admissions slot for next year. On what basis should the committee decide in your favor?
Dude. I'm cute and I'm funny. Drop those boring geeks, baby, and let me take you for a ride.
Alternately, I write gay porn. How many of those do you get each year?